Taiwan’s Kinmen island, known by many as one of the battlegrounds between Chinese communists and Taiwan’s Kuomintang soldiers, will once again witness history when residents vote on whether they want a casino in their jurisdiction.

Channel News Asia reported that both pro-casinos and anti-casinos are stepping-up their respective campaign as the residents troop to their polling precincts to cast their votes on October 28.

Gambling proponents are pushing for Taiwan’s first casino in a bid to lure more tourists in the island. Tourism in Kinmen was thriving in the past years and had become an economic driver for the island nation due to the influx of mainland Chinese tourists.

The flood of tourists, however, became a trickle as the political rhetoric between China and Taiwan escalates while the relationship between two governments turned into ice.